Kathleen Fasanella of Fashion Incubator asks for our experience, advice, or opinions on the use of petite models and I thought I'd give my two cents...
YES! It's about time that short people be represented in the fashion industry. I don't know who started this "standard" of model height, but it most certainly needs to be changed. There are so many ways to make short people look tall nowadays, so there shouldn't be any reason that an aspiring model who is 5'2" and has the skills can't be a model.
At NewModels.com I read this statement:
"This is a business, it isn’t about what you want or what’s fair, it’s about what he marketplace wants. And for the most part the market doesn’t want short models."
Now the question is, how do we change the way the "marketplace" thinks?
» Thoughts On Short Models Part 2 from TheRunwayScoop
To this day I still get quite a few comments from a post I did awhile back about short models. If only the fashion industry would take notice! They say that clothing looks "better" on tall models, but with all... [Read More]
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